Growing and scaling a business is hard and we wanted to hear from business owners who have successfully scaled a business. Below, you’ll find our conversations on scaling with some very talented and insightful folks.
Nick Laiuppa
Business is tough, that’s for sure. The story of my agency getting to where we are today is a slow one, with only a few sexy edge of your seat moments. I started doing marketing as a freelancer eventually working my way through 7 different agencies in 3 years. I always wanted to own my own agency for the same reason most business owners become business owners, they want a slice of the back end and want true job security. Read more>>
Jennalee Massey
Pain is PowerW hen I look back or take a glance at my life or my testimony I realize that indeed Pain is Power. Every time I’ve been out in a sink or swim type of situation I excel forward My business was originally started as a small baby clothing line on Etsy When my first son was born. {He is 7 years old now And his name is Aero}. I walked about it a great job because my baby was sick, and they didn’t care. I said peace out and decided I wanted to start a business. Read more>>
Melissa Esquivel
As a small business owner, having drive and passion are very important. Growth is inevitable when you are open to constructive criticism and you are open to learning new things. Without a plan your growth can be unpredictable though, so sitting down and writing my goals down in chronological order helped to keep me focused. Read more>>
Eliza Javaheri
As many know, successfully pursuing a career in music is no easy feat. I’ve always been an artist. I started singing just as early as I could talk. The music bug runs in the family and ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be performing, In 2012, I quit my last “real job” and decided that with the money I had saved up, I was going to invest in my music career and go full time. I started working on an album with local Hip Hop legend, Swamburger, who had high hopes for me. Read more>>
Christy Bennett
It was not easy as I always had a love and passion for the arts since I was a little girl, especially in writing where it eventually branched out into filmmaking. However, living with autism and having mental illness, it wasn’t a walk in the park. Back in my high school days, I was mentally unstable to where I was losing my passion in the arts and losing interest. It’s like it was not fun anymore. Read more>>
Melanie Ammerman and Lauren Gall
Delegation is key to our success. It helped us grow our business tremendously. We know it works as we experienced it as did our clients. As our business grew, we started finding people that we trusted to take over tasks that we no longer had time for, weren’t good at, or just flat out didn’t enjoy doing like marketing and account management. Finally, in 2016, we started delegating everything to our team. Read more>>